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15 Sep 2026

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• 01:14
  yang
  Is there any benefit / advancement in mining Monero with GPU's instead of simple PC CPU's ?
• 01:14
  yang
  I mean does it make a difference mining with a fast computer?
• 01:14
  yang
  where is this explained?
• 01:15
  yang
  For example, would it make any sense mining in on SBC boards like RPI 5 or clones?
• 01:19
  nioc
  don't know where I could point you for an explanation but here is some info..
• 01:20
  nioc
  GPUs are very inefficient and designed that way on purpose because once GPUs can be used then ASICs can follow
• 01:21
  nioc
  for CPUs you need 2MB of L3 cache for each thread used for mining or it becomes quite slow
• 01:22
  nioc
  that is the basic parameter to determine what CPU can be used to efficiently mine
• 01:23
  nioc
  the other part of the equation if you are trying to mine for a profit is the electricity cost, many find it impossible to mine at a profit
• 01:25
  yang
  I mean I already pay for electricity (hosting) so it could be used for some purpose other than idling
• 01:26
  yang
  but its just PCs with CPU's
• 01:29
  nioc
  just PCs with CPUs is all that can be used to mine monero so......
• 01:29
  yang
  ok so it would also work on a SBC
• 01:29
  yang
  but slowly of course?
• 01:30
  yang
  Do I need a nother program, than Monero client?
• 01:31
  nioc
  xmrig is the mining program that you should use
• 01:31
  yang
  ok
• 01:31
  nioc
  the miner built into the node is not that efficient
• 01:34
  nioc
  gupax has both xmrig and p2pool which may be best for you
• 01:34
  nioc
  yang: ^
• 01:35
  yang
  nioc: thank you for sharing the info!
• 01:35
  nioc
  yw